What do you think of ‘Dustin’?

A new comic debuts today in the Times Union. “Dustin,” created by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker, both newspaper editorial cartoonists, is about the increasingly common phenomenon of the 20-something who has moved back home with his parents. An inveterate dreamer, Dustin is taking whatever work the temp agency offers while waiting for his true calling.

So read a few week’s worth of the strip and comment here to let us know what you think.

21 Responses

What a great selection by the Times Union comic editors. Now, we not only have that jerk Zits we have another useless character in Dustin. Is it any wonder with selections like this that the TU is slowly sliding into the sunset. Comics should give you a laugh and this does not do it.

I thought you were getting rid of Mark Trail. What happened to Ziggy and Family Circus???? I don’t think I can take a week of that Dustin if it means you are cutting Family Circus. Especially if the rest of the installments are as snide and bratty as today’s. Put the comic pages back the way they were, or actually remove the comic that received the most votes in that poll you conducted.

Please don’t get rid of Ziggy and Family Circus! Leave something for the little kids. I’m not sure what I think of Dustin yet. I’d like to see the other characters and their interactions before making up my mind.

The Sunday Times Union needs more comics. To this reader the only ones worth reading are “The Wizard of Id” and “Mother Grimm, or whatever it’s called. Of course, you could put Maureen Dowd’s column on the comic page where it belongs.

Jury is still out on Dustin but removing 3 comics (Peanuts, Family Circus and Ziggy) to replace one doesn’t seem like a fair trade. How is that extra space being used?

I know this is always a hard job. Unlike many folks that have commented, I’m thrilled to see all three of those strips go. I’d also be in favor of getting rid of Beatle Baily, Blondie and any other strip that is cranked out of a factory. (I do agree with the other commenters about cul-de-sac. That strip is terrible).

The point is, people CARE about the comics, so it just doesn’t make sense to take away 3 to replace one. Give us 3 new comics…there are lots of intelligent single pane options to choose from!

I’ve given Dustin a chance to grow on me, but it hasn’t. I don’t find it funny at all. I think that it is making fun of unemployed people, and with the numbers of people who are unemployed it is an insult to them.
Please get rid of Dustin, and Lilo.
thank you.

Dustin is okay, but it’s like any half-dozen other comic strips out there featuring young slackers. It has its moments of funny but in many ways it’s like Zits, only I don’t feel the urge to strangle Dustin the way I do Jeremy.